Re: [PATCH 9/13] fs/xfs: Remove redundant test

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>]

Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> In fs/cifs/cifssmb.c, pLockData is tested for being NULL at the beginning
> of the function, and not reassigned subsequently.
> 
> In fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c, bp is tested for being NULL just a few lines
> above.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
> follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @r exists@
> local idexpression x;
> expression E;
> position p1,p2;
> @@
> 
> if (x@p1 = NULL || ...) { ... when forall
>    return ...; }
> ... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
> (
> x@p2 = NULL
> |
> x@p2 != NULL
> )
> 
> // another path to the test that is not through p1?
> @s exists@
> local idexpression r.x;
> position r.p1,r.p2;
> @@
> 
> ... when != x@p1
> (
> x@p2 = NULL
> |
> x@p2 != NULL
> )
> 
> @fix depends on !s@
> position r.p1,r.p2;
> expression x,E;
> statement S1,S2;
> @@
> 
> (
> - if ((x@p2 != NULL) || ...)
>   S1
> |
> - if ((x@p2 = NULL) && ...) S1
> |
> - BUG_ON(x@p2 = NULL);
> )
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Looks fine to me, though a similar test under the #ifdef DEBUG can
probably also be removed.

-Eric

> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c              |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
> index 8ee2f8c..22afe29 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
> @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ xfs_trans_read_buf(
>  			return (flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK) ?
>  					EAGAIN : XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
>  
> -		if ((bp != NULL) && (XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp) != 0)) {
> +		if (XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp) != 0) {
>  			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_trans_read_buf", mp,
>  					  bp, blkno);
>  			error = XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp);
> 
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